Brief Life History of Abraham Benjamin
When Abraham Benjamin Tulk was born on 3 August 1849, in Iowa, United States, his father, Joseph Tulk, was 24 and his mother, Eliza Ann Black, was 22. He married Laura Ellen Nelson on 19 July 1875, in Jefferson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Walnut Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Henry, Iowa, United States in 1905. He died on 1 February 1912, in Jefferson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States.
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- A B Tulk, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
- Abraham B. Fulk, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Abraham Benj Luck, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset and Somerset): nickname from Middle English tulk(e), tolk(e) ‘man; soldier, fighting man’.
German: very rare variant of Tolk 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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